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Synonyms for ultra


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uhl-truh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈʌl trə

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Définition of ultra

Origin :
  • prefix meaning "beyond" (ultraviolet) or "extremely" (ultramodern), from Latin ultra- from ultra (adv. and prep.) "beyond, on the further side," from PIE *al- "beyond." In common use from early 19c., it appears to have arisen from French political designations. As its own word, a noun meaning "extremist" of various stripes, it is first recorded 1817, from French ultra, shortening of ultra-royaliste "extreme royalist."
  • adj extreme
Example sentences :
  • None of the groundcars at Ultra Vires was in operating condition.
  • Extract from : « Rebels of the Red Planet » by Charles Louis Fontenay
  • Ultra Vires' radio transmitter and receiver had been dismantled.
  • Extract from : « Rebels of the Red Planet » by Charles Louis Fontenay
  • Can't touch him on the ultra, so I'm going onto the macro-bands.
  • Extract from : « Triplanetary » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • The "Secret Orchard" is set in the midst of the ultra modern society.
  • Extract from : « The Coast of Chance » by Esther Chamberlain
  • He thought of the ultra radio—where could he get all the materials needed?
  • Extract from : « Spacehounds of IPC » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • Mr. Dixon represents the ultra radical element of Southern whites.
  • Extract from : « The Hindered Hand » by Sutton E. Griggs
  • They abounded in the most ultra German opinions respecting the duello.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Edgar Allan Poe » by Edgar Allan Poe
  • He had been an Orangeman , and was a most ultra and even furious Protestant.
  • Extract from : « The Kellys and the O'Kellys » by Anthony Trollope
  • For he's an ultra he is, I'm glad to say, but he doesn't steal.
  • Extract from : « The Red and the Black » by Stendhal
  • It struck him as ultra modern, ahead of anything he had ever yet seen, and almost as evil.
  • Extract from : « In the Wilderness » by Robert Hichens

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